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Tuesday Found County Board
Busy Disposing of Routine
Business Largely
bills ORDERED P A I D
The following items of business
were transacted Tuesday by the
board of County Commissioners, this
being their second session this week.
Minor bills besides those listed be
low were ordered paid.
It appearing that about 25 acres
of land in the suburbs of Wilson’s
Mills upon which was sitauted one
house increasing the valuation of
Mrs. G. F Uzzle an error was made
in the sum of $44.00, and said facts
having been brought to the attention
of the Board by Mr. E. R- Gulley, a
former member of the Board of
County Commissioners, who assisted
the local appraisers in making said
valuation, and also by Mr. Harry Wil
son, this Board has been convinced
that an error was made in the assess
ment on said property to the extent
set forth above.
Ordered that B. W. Sugg be paid
(36.00 for repairs on engine at coun
ty home.
Ordered that there be appro
priated §400.00 per year to help
retain the Johnston County Armory
in Smithfield instead of §600 per
year as provided by the former board.
Ordered that Ad Bivons, who is
at present in the Smithfield Hospital
critically ill and has no means of
support and it appearing that this is
ahsolu'' ly a caee of charity, that
this Board agrees to be responsible
for $10 per month to help defray the
expense of caring for him until the
county health officer shall deem it
necessary to release the county from
further burden on the County be
cause of said patient.
Ordered that H. A. Parker be paid
$65.00 for premium on official bonds
of J. Ira Lee and M. L. Stancil.
Ordered that J. D. Parker, agent
Bonding Company, be paid $225 on
official bond of Geo. T. Scott, county
treasurer.
Ordered that Dr. Thel Hooks be
paid $35.75 for services as quaran
tine officer for January.
Ordered that Dr. A. H. Rose be
paid $48.50 for services as to vital
statistics.
Ordered that J. P. Parker be paid
$80.00 as follows: stamp account for
February, $10.00; bloodhounds to try
to catch escaped prisoners, $40.00;
H. T, Chapin, two days special depu
ty, $10; F. L. Pittman, deputy work,
$20.00.
Ordered that Miss Minnie Lee Gar
rison be paid $83.33 as salary for
February as county home demonstra
tor.
Ordered that C. Q. Stephenson be
paid $28.00 for services as court of
ficer Recorder’s Court.
Ordered that H. V. Rose be paid
$100.00 as salary for February as
welfare officer.
Ordered that Todd Photograph
Company, of Rochester, N. Y., be
paid $87.50 for protectograph ma
chine together with $10,000 or bond '
as protection against raised checkc 1
and vouchers.
Ordered that the county attorney
take immediate steps to institute
a?ain.-t Supt. Hubert H. Hinton of j
Wilders township to reimburse the
county for funds paid out on account
°f damage done by mad dog belong
to him.
Ordered that Miss Carrie Speight
be paid $137.50 as court stenogra
pher.
Ordered that the official bond of j
bk Scott, county treasurer, in the i
Sum of $50,000 be approved.
Ordered that C. Q. Stephenson be
Paid $loo for services 'as jailer for
February.
Ordered that H. S. Powell be paid
y»-)0.54 for electric light generator
for county home.
0»tiered that C. Q. Stephenson be
Paid $255 for feeding Federal prison
eis f°r February.
Ordered that G. S. Heywood be
Pa'd $74.90 for helping A. M. Pullen
(Continued on page four)
$10,000 Fire at Old Cotton
Mill Early Yesterday Morning
Ob Tuesday afternoon what
came near being a fatal accident
occurred on the highway in the
school zone h re, when an automo
bile knocked down two little girls
Sadie Massey and Margaret Price,
as they were crossing the street
on their way home from school.
The driver of the car is said to
have looked hack and then to have
speeded on. The little Massey girl
was not hurt but little Margaret
Price was painfully bruised and
suffered shock from the occurence.
She has been confined to her bed
since the accident as a precaution
against the development of pneu
monia. .The little girl is the only
child of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs.
S. T. Price, who recently moved
here from the Corinth-Holders sec
tion.
Mrs. C. E. Wilkins
Addresses Auxiliary
The Auxiliary of the Presbyterian
church here held its regular meeting
at the church Monday afternoon. At
the close of the business session, Mrs.
C. E. Wilkins, of Goldsboro, synodi
cal secretary of foreign missions,
gave an interesting report of the In
terdenominational Foreign Mission
conference which was held in Wash
ington, D. C., the last week in Janu
ary and the first week in February.
After commenting on the splendid in
terdenominational spirit that prevail
ed at the cofeienee, Mrs. Wilkins be
gan her address which was based on
the reports of the various missiona
ries at the conference.
She spoke of the tremendous growth
of foreign mission work in the last
few years. She was particularly im
pressed with the great improvement
in Japan since the first misionaries
went there sixty years ago. In 1900
there were 112,000 Christians there
and today there are 811,500, she said.
In Tokyo alone there are 200 church
es and 250 Sunday schools with an
enrollment of 250,000. Last year the
Japanese contributed mobe than two
million dollars for missionary work.
Mrs. Wilkins said that some of the
missionaries felt confident that if the
work continues as successfully as it
has been during the past few years,
the task in Japan will be completed
in the next twenty years. She spoke
briefly of the rapid progress that
is being made in Korea. In 1900,
there were 8,000 converts in Korea,
and now there are almost 300,000.
Most of the work there is being done
by Methodists and Presbyterians,
Mrs. Wilkins said. She spoke of how
hard it is for the missionaries to reach
the Turks and Russians and said
that Christianity was practically at
a standstill in Turkey and Russia.
The speaker said that of all the
foreign countries perhaps India was
the most nteresting. The ignorance
there, she said, is appalling. There are
few schools there and many illiter
ates. Among the many difficulties to
be overcome in that country, she men
tioned the evil ®of child-marriages,
the degradation of widows, the evils
of Confucianism and Buddhism and
of the Moslem influence. She said
that the Moslem influence had a
strong hold on all the countries of
the east, and that there was real dan
ger of its overcoming Christianity in
some countries. However, the out
look is better now than ever before,
according to Mrs. Wilkins, and many
of the people are willing to give up
Moslem for Christianity, particularly
in Persia.
The speaker then mentioned a few
of the difficulties with .which the
missionaries in Mexico have to cope.
Sixty percent of the people there are
illiterate, and the missionaries find,
it much harder to put the message
across than in the western countries.
Mission work in the Congo •was also
diseused. The work there is very en
couraging because the government is
upholding it and the Catholics are no
longer interfering with it.
Mrs. Wilkins said that the church
es are making a great effort
spread the B;ble and she said that
Damage Estimated At Between
Ten and Fifteen Thousand
Dollars
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
Fire that originated on the second
floor of the old cotton mill early yes
terday morning caused damage to tTie
amount of between ten and fifteen
thousand dollars. The fire was dis
covered by the night watchman about
2:30 o’clock and he immediately
turned in the alarm. The mill fire or
ganization was soon on th& scene
and the fire extinguished. A spriiTk
ler system of fighting fire installed
throughout the building no doubt pre
vented the entire structure from be
ing destroyed. A big part of the
damage was caused by water. Spon
taneous combustion is assigned as the
only plausible cause for the fire. The
fire started in one of the machines,
and spread rapidly through the sec
ond floor, lint from the cotton aid
ing the spread of the flames.. The
loss is partly covered by insurance.
INTERESTIN PROGRAM WED
NESDAY OF EXPOSITION
Wednesday of the Exposition at
Smithfield, Johnston County, will be
an entirely new program from any
thingg the Expositon has ever had,
and yet a program that all Eastern
Carolina will be interested in.
Following the regular band concert
and free act, Wednesday afternon,
will be the first sectional baby show
ever held in the Eastern part of the
State. A real treat for **he little tots
from eighteen months old up to thir
ty-six months old. None under nor
over that age will get in. This will
be open to any white child in John
ston county. The full set of rules and
regulations will be sent out later, but
is is enough to say now, that you
had better begin to trim that boy’s
hair and curl the little girls’ locks,
so that the boy will win and the girl
will win in this contest. There will
be two separate contests, one for the
boy babies and one for the girl ba
bies. This promises to be a real treat,
an unusual entertainment for all who
attend.
Wednesday evening will be the an
nual Style Show which will be even
bigger and prettier than ever before
and that will be going some. Mer
chants from all over Eastern Caro
lina will have living models to show
off their waearing apparel. The an
nual Style Show has become one of
the leading features of the Annual
Exopsition. Everybody likes to see
the beautiful women and handsome
men all dolled up in expensive and
fashoinable clothes. Don’t miss Wed
nesday. You will certainly regret it
if you do.
TO CONSIDER HAM—
RAMSEY MEETING
Mr. F. H. Brooks, chairman of
the Committee appointed by the
Laymen’s Federation to communi
cate with Mr. M. F. Ham relative
to the proposed revival to be held
here during the latter part of May
has received a letter from Mr.
Earl S. Rogers stating that Mr.
W. J. Ramsey, singer and leader,
w ill be here on Monday, March 16,
to con; ult with the preachers and
laymen of the county with refer
ence to the meeting and advise
with reference to the place of
holding the same.. The Laymen
are therefore calling together the
preachers of all denominations as
well as laymen and women who are
interested, to meet at the Meth
odist church on Monday afternoon,
March 16, at four o’clock to confer
with Mr. Ramsey and decide defi
nitely to have the meeting, and if
so to make plans preparatory to
the same.
1925 would be significant in the trans
lation and dissemination of the Bible.
She said that there is now no lan
guage or dialect, no nation or*
tribe in th#world where the Bible or
at least some portion of it is not ac
cessible. ^ ^
The address was full of informa
tion and was enjoyed by all present.
MIDGE JAKES
i OAIJJIF OFFICE
Assumes Presidential Duties
jWith Modest Inauguration
Program
FIREWORKS FROM DAWES
•Washington, Mar. 4.—Calvin Cocl
idge calmly and quietly assumed the
duties of the presidency today for
fojixr more years, and Charles G.
I'awes swept into the vicepresidency
with a velocity that shattered many
precedents.
In a brief inaugural ceremony,
which never deviated from the decor
ous program laid down by him long
in advance, Mr. Colidge renewed h’is
oath of office on his grandmother’s
Bible and in a short inaugural ad
dress restated his policies of govern
mental frugality.
But General Dawes furnished a
succession of surprises and thrills
that stirred senatorial ire. First, he
! read the riot act to the senate on the
necessity of revising its rules to out
law the one-man filibuster. Then, in
! stead of swearing in the new sena
! tors in fours, as is the time-honored
| custom, he ordered them brought up
in a bunch to save time. Then he cut
short the ceremony ox senators sign
ing the book, and finally, without
any senator having made a motion
to that effect, he anounced that the
deliberative body would proceed to
attend the inauguration of President
; Coolidge outside.
The various governors gathered
for the inaugguration were on the
senate floor, and when Governor Nel
lie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming, her slen
der form attired entirely in black,
came in on Senator Warren’s arm,
there was much hand-clapping in her
honor.
A moment later Mrs. Coolidge came
down the steps of the gallery to her
place beside her husband’s father.
The crowded galleries noted her ar
rival and stood in silent greeting and
until she had taken her seat.
Below the formal announcements
of distinguished guests were contin
uous. The diplomatic corps came in
two abreast, clad in the glittering
uniforms prescribed by custom. Then
came the black robed figures of the
Supreme Court, headed by Chief
Justice Taf t, and the crowd on the
floor and in the galleries stood while
the justices took their places. Mem
bers of the cabinet were ushered to
seats in the well before the desk, and
when Mr. Dawes appeared to take his
place beside Senator Cummins, there
w7as a burst of handclapping which
grew into a, thunder of applause a
moment later as Mr. Coolidge came
down the center isle and took a seat
at the front, surrounded by his uni
formed military and naval aides.
Inaugguration of a vice-president
is a simple process. Senator Cum
mins, as president of the senate, read
the brief oath, and as Mr. Dawes made
his pledge the hands on the big clock
were swinging to the noon hour, aft
er having been set back several times
to meet the delay of getting the big
chamber filled with its company of
great folks. The senate, amid laugh
ter, declared the hour of noon at
hand, and announced the adjournment
by law of the old senate. Mr. Dawes
immediately convened the^new senate
and delivered his assault on senate
rules.
Outside in the plaza, where the
high inaugural stand and its pillared
canopy masked the great stone steps
of the capitol, trim lines of marines
had aided in guiding the gathering
thousands to their places. Just be
low the stand the marine was posted
a blaze of color in full dress scarlet
tunics and caps.
Places reserved for the company
that had trooped out from the senate
chamber quickly were filled. Then,
the crash of a trumpet flourish an
nounced that the President was com
ing and hats came #ff through the
crowds Mr. Coolidge came down to
the reading stand with Mrs.«Coolidge
on his arm and when they were seat
ed Chief Justice Taft ftse from his
place and stepped forward to admin
ister the oath.
His words were caught up by the
great amplifiers that surrounded th«#
President’s Dad
At Inauguration
lA.UTOCACTE.Hn
Col. John Coolidge of Plymouth
Vt., who by the light of a coal-oil
lamp and the old family bible ad
ministered the oath of office co his
son at the -death of Pres. Harding,
made the. trip to Washington for
the inauguration this week.
Prof. Collier Cobb
To Show Pictures
® There is a treat in store for the
people of Smithfield tonight at the
court house by Prof. Collier Cobb, of
the State University at Chapel Hill.
Professor Cobb is sent out through
the Extension department of the Uni
versity, and therefore there is no
charge for the evening’s program,
which consists of pictures explained
by Professor Cobb, who has visited
the scenes he shows. The pictures
shown tonight will probably be from
Japan. Thi§ entertainment is being
sponsored by the Parent-Teacher As
sociation. The program will begin
at 8 P. M., and the public is cordially
invited.
J. G. Keen Is Laid To Rest
Funeral services for Mr. James G.
Keen were held at the home of the
deceased in Wayne County March 2,
by Rev. Mr. Yarborough and Rev.
Mr. Henderson, pastor of Selab Chris
tian church, of which e hurch Mr.
Keen had been a member for a num
ber of years. Interment followed in
the family cemetery near the home.
The floral offerings were very pretty.
Mr. Keen had been in feeble health
for the past three years, suffering
from paralysis. He died Sunday aft
ernoon at 6:15 o’clock. Mr. Keen was
seventy years old, and was one of
the prominent and prosperous farm
ers of his section.
He is survived by hjs widow, two
sons, James Roy Keene, of Smith
field, and George Keen, who resides
at the home, and five daughters:
Mesdames Snead, at Dunn; Blackman,
of Goldsboro; Barefoot, of Four Oaks;
Wilkinson, of Princeton; and Miss
Arah Lee Keen, who also resides at
home, besides a number of grand
children.
MICRO SCHOOL NEWS
The Micro High School Literary
Society met last Wednesday after
noon at 2:30 o’clock and elected their
spring term officers, which are as
follows: president, Carl Hatcher;
vice-president, Herbert Jones; secre
tary, Mildred Crumpler; treasurer,
Sadie Atkinson; reporter, Helen Star
ling; Critic, Mrs. Margaret Parham;
sponsor, Miss Sudie Wellington; pro
gram committees: Ora Peel, Ruth
Bagley and Carl Hatcher.
We accept members from the sixth
and seventh grades and always wel
come visitors.
Micro, March 4.
stand and lurked in recesses about the
plaza. Every sentence carried clear
to the farthest spectator and there
was rapt attention. The President’s
words in taking1 the oath were un
heard except by those closest about
him but there was a ripple of ap
plause as he touched the old Bible
to seal his covenant. The crowd re
alized that the actual1 inauguration
was over.
The inauguuration crowd, due to
the curtailment of the usual spectacle
by the President’s orders, was far
below the multitude that have^ome
before to see Presidents inaugurat
ed. There were plenty ofttpersons,
however, to janT?<jg,-egy point of van
tage on the roped-tWf sidewalks, in
windows and on high roofs. —Asso
ciated Press. ^
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Unable To Elect a President
For Coming Year; Mrs. Lyon
Closes Notable Administration
PRESENT HOSPITAL PLANS
One of the most unique meetings
perhaps ever held by a Woman’s or
ganization, and certainly in this city,
was held here Wednesday afternoon
i when the Woman’s Club met, and
after having tried for two months to
! select a president for the coming
year, adjourned without electing a
head for the club. There is no ac
counting for the dilemma, except
that the organization is composed of
a hundred such busy women that
from the indications no added respon
j sibility can be taken on by any of its
members. The .other places were
filled with apparently little difficulty
as follows: vice-president, Mrs. T. J.
Lassiter; recording secretary, Mrs.
Joe Davis; corresponding secretary,
Miss Ava Myatt; treasurer, Mrs. H.
C. Woodall; chairman Civics depart
ment, Mrs. W. L. Fuller; chairman
of Literature, Mrs. H. P. Johnson;
chairman of Home Economics, Mrs.
Kirby Rose; chairman of Music, Miss ®
Thelma Peedin; assistant chairman
of Music, Miss Lallah Rookh Stephen
son; chairman of Library department,
Mrs. J. W, Keen; assistant chairmen
of Library department, Mrs. J. H.
Kirkman and Mrs. S. T. Honeycutt;
chairman of Social Service, Mrs. Paul
Brown. Just before the adjournment'
of the club, however, the newly elect
ed vice-president tendered her resig
nation, which place is also now to
be filled.
The Woman's Club of this city
has done a notale work since its or
ganization ten years ago, and the wo
men who have served as its presi
dents in the past have been women
of vision and thoroughly interested
in the development of the town. The
first president was Mrs. F. H. Brooks
who was followed in turn by Mrs. H.
L. Skinner, Mrs. L. G. Patterson, Mra
Thel Hooks and Mrs. W. H. Lyon.
Mrs. Lyon is the retiring president
and the club has made splendid ad
: vancement under her administration.
In terms of money, the club has
raised during the past year $1481.00.
But the amount of money raised is not
I all by any means that the club has
accomplished. The usual work done
in the Civics, Home Economics, Mu
sic, Literary, Library and Social
Service departments has been done.
An outstanding accomplishment of
the year was the chartering of the
club as a corporation, and the pur
chase of a lot on which to build a
club house. Twenty-five shares of
Building & Loan stock have been sub
scribed and it is the hope of the club
to begin upon a new building in the
near future. Other work underta
ken was the effort which proved suc
cessful to keep the Sunday Observ
ance laws which were repealed by the
town board; the decoration of the
room now used by the club; a study
of town government, speakers having
been invited to speak along this line
at each business meeting; school fac
ulty entertained twice; and the en
tertainment of the Sixth District last
April.
At the meeting Wednesday, a com
mittee from the Kiwanis Club, com
posed of Mr. E. J. Wellons, the pres
ident, and Dr. W. B. J. Orr came be
fore the club and told of the plans
for the erection of a new hospital here
at an early date. Dr. Orr showed
blue-prints of the proposed building
whch will be built on a lot purchased
on the Selma road in Oakland
Heights. He announced that about
$37,000 had been subscribed in stock
for the new building, and that only
$13,000 more is needed. These gen
tlemen asked that the Woman’s Club
■co-operate with the Kiwanis Club in
raising the balance, and accordingly
the club voted to appoint a commit
tee to help put over this enterprise.
We are thinking of putting up the
follow* office motto in a conspicu
ous pTaee: No, we don’t know any
word of any number of letters mean
ing anything.—Columbus Ohio State
Journal.